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Definition duff
Etymology 1
Representing a northern pronunciation of dough.
Noun
duff (countable and uncountable, plural duffs)
- (dialectal) Dough.
- A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).
Noun
duff (countable and uncountable, plural duffs)
- (Scotland, US) Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
- Coal dust.
- (slang) The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
- Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) An error.
Adjective
duff (comparative duffer, superlative duffest)
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above.
Noun
duff (plural duffs)
- (US, slang) The buttocks.
Etymology 4
Originally thieves' slang; probably a back-formation from duffer.
Verb
duff (third-person singular simple present duffs, present participle duffing, simple past and past participle duffed)
- (slang, obsolete) To disguise something to make it look new.
- (Australia) To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
- (Britain, slang, with "up") To beat up.
- (US, golf) To hit the ground behind the ball.
Etymology 5
Noun
duff (plural duffs)
- Alternative form of daf (type of drum)
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